Botulinum toxin: Botulinum toxin, the toxin produced by the bacteria that occasionally grows in canned foods and is notorious for causing food poisoning.
Answered 1/30/2019
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What is Botox?: Botox is a medication consisting of a purified protein product of the bacteria clostridium botulinum. Botox like so many other medications has been purified from a protein found in nature. When used at the appropriate injectable doses, Botox has a very consistent & predictable effect on target tissues in the body (muscles and sweat glands).
Answered 4/8/2019
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Botox: Botox is a made from botulinum toxin, serotype a. Dysport and xeomin (incobotulinumtoxin a) are also serotype a. Other serotypes (a-g exist) have been tested but a is the best for cosmetic and medicial purposes.
Answered 6/25/2014
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Purified protein: A natural purified protein, fda-approved Botox cosmetic is the most common medical cosmetic treatment, with more than four million treatments performed per year. It is most often used to treat dynamic wrinkles.
Answered 6/24/2014
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Botox.: Botox is a drug made from a neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum called botulinum toxin. It is used medically to treat certain muscular conditions and cosmetically remove wrinkles by temporarily paralyzing muscles.
Answered 6/11/2017
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